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It's All Your Fault Canada And US Tell Each Other
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| 8-16-2003
| David Rennie
Posted on 08/15/2003 5:19:39 PM PDT by blam
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Sounds like no-one knows what happened. Morons.
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posted on
08/15/2003 5:19:40 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
"Morons."
Smart enough to cover their @sses!
To: blam
Of course SOMEONE must be at fault -- to quote my favorite saying, "Blame Must Always Be Assigned!"
To: blam
One thing I do know - if the problem originated in the U.S., we'll own up. Not sure that we can be sure if it's the other way around.
To: blam
Give us back our power, ya hoser!
To: blam
The South Park Movie addressed this problem:
Sheila(Kyle's mom):Times have changed, our kids are getting worse They won't obey their parents they just want to fart and curse
Mrs. Marsh: Should we blame the government?
Ms. Cartman: Or blame society?
Boys fathers: Or should we blame the images on TV?
Sheila(Kyle's mom): No,blame Canada, blame Canada
With all their beady little eyes have packed their heads so full of lies,
blame Canada, blame Canada,
we need to form a full assault its Canada's fault...
They killed Kenny, too...
To: Lessismore
"Give us back our power, ya hoser!" What's a hoser.
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posted on
08/15/2003 6:00:25 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Well, just about everyone on both sides of the border seems to be looking at Ohio now. Unlike the politicians, the engineers seem more concerned with fixing the problem than with assigning blame. I hope premier Eves continues to take the high road on this; faced with an election within the next eight months, he is probably under enormous pressure to deflect blame. His handling of this crisis will determine whether or not he keeps his job.
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posted on
08/15/2003 6:00:35 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(Everyone knows you can't have a successful conspiracy without a Rockefeller)
To: Lessismore
Sooo, then it did not happen! It is all imagination of right wing constipancy. Welcome to gubermit run utilities. They should run everything, then we wouldn't have to worry about jobs, etc. (/sparcasm)
To: blam
"What's a hoser."
Wow. I can't believe anyone so removed from mainstream humor. I have NEVER even seen the Mackensies (I think that is correct) but even I know...
er...
ah...
ahem, what's a hoser?
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posted on
08/15/2003 6:04:05 PM PDT
by
lawdude
(Liberalism: A failure every time it is tried!)
To: blam
Hoser is goofy beer drinkin Canuck (oops, Canadian)
To: blam
According to WJR AM 760AM out of Detroit, MI. & they had a enniger with IGRID, and he stated that the events started at 1604:02 local out of Lansing MI. He cited an "event" in the grid there and then Cleveland,OH went off line a few seconds later. For data please go to www.igrid.com to see the raw data that the experts see.
12
posted on
08/15/2003 6:09:25 PM PDT
by
Knightsofswing
(sic semper tranyis [death to tryants!!])
To: blam
A term of disparagement. See the movie "Strange Brew" and the McKensie Brothers characters, originally SCTV.
To: anniegetyourgun
Evidently the esteemed mayor of Toronto doesn't agree with you as he expressed this comment featured on another thread on this subject:
"Have you ever seen the United States take the blame for anything?" fumed Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman
Lastman is a hot-head.
Prairie
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posted on
08/15/2003 6:33:30 PM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
(Hillery took advantage of the blackout for broom riding practice and to scare small animals.)
To: Knightsofswing
According to WJR AM 760AM out of Detroit, MI. & they had a enniger with IGRID, and he stated that the events started at 1604:02 local out of Lansing MI. He cited an "event" in the grid there and then Cleveland,OH went off line a few seconds later. For data please go to www.igrid.com to see the raw data that the experts see.
Other claimed "experts" are saying it was triggered by an event an hour earlier at a GM stamping plant south of Cleveland. Cleveland and Lansing were on the edges of the blackout area. It spread one way and not another?
My guess is the real cause highlights a weak point wrt terrorism and isn't being revealed until it is fixed. Not neccesarily a bad idea.
-Eric
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posted on
08/15/2003 6:40:31 PM PDT
by
E Rocc
To: blam
Sounds like Canada needs some good ole USA ass whoping.
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posted on
08/15/2003 6:44:42 PM PDT
by
TBall
To: blam
Sounds like no-one knows what happened. I'm pretty sure by the time we get to the Sunday morning talk shows, we'll know it was the fault of the Bush tax cut, his cowboy unilateral approach to Iraq, and/or Republican racism/sexism/homophobia in general.
To: blam
There are two problems, here.
One, the starting incident.
Two, the dominoe effect.
What I want to know is...
WHY the dominoe effect?
....
In addition, the people who shot off their mouths
claiming they knew what the problem was...
should either apologize (if they are elected officials)
or be fired.
To: greasepaint
I agree, it really doesn't matter what started it. We need to take a hard look at how to avoid the domino effect.
I just saw a report on CTV News that claims Quebec and Texas are less susceptible to cascading because of their grid design. These grids are not directly connected to neighbouring grids, nor are they synchronized. All power transfers are DC, not AC like the other grids, which apparently eliminates the possibility of sudden reversals in the flow of power. I think I understand why but I'll leave it to the engineers to explain it.
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posted on
08/15/2003 8:01:35 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(Everyone knows you can't have a successful conspiracy without a Rockefeller)
To: blam
"What's a
hoser."IIRC, a hoser was a guy who siphoned gas from his buddie's ride because he was too feckless to know when to fill up or too cheap or thieving to buy his own. When I was a lad, a short length of hose in the back of your car or truck was called a 'Cariboo Credit Card'. ;^)
Not that we haven't all siphoned gas from time to time, needfully.
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